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Table of Contents
Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Authors
1 Introduction: Two Paths to the Future of Electricity Retailing
1.1 The Reactive Approach
1.2 The Forward-Looking Approach
1.3 Structure of This Book
2 Drivers of Change in the Retail Electricity Sector
2.1 Mechanical Versus Interval Metering Technology
2.2 Declining Costs: Sensors, Storage, and Solar
2.3 Distributed Solar: A Competitor to Grid-scale Electricity
2.4 Low Cost Two-Way Communication Technologies
2.5 Electrifying the Transportation and Heating Sectors
2.5.1 Transportation Electrification
2.5.2 Heating Electrification
References
3 Regulatory Barriers to Change
3.1 Barriers to Interval Metering Deployment
3.2 Interval Data Access and Interactivity with Consumers
3.3 Inefficient Transmission and Distribution Network Pricing
3.3.1 Inefficient Bypass: An Example from California
3.3.2 Inefficient Investment in Distributed Versus Grid-scale Solar
3.4 Regulatory Reform of Distribution Network Planning and Access
3.5 Potential for Pricing Distribution Network Services
3.6 Lowering Barriers to Adoption of New Technologies
References
4 Current State of Retail Markets
4.1 Retail Electricity Markets in the United States
4.2 Retail Electricity Markets Outside of the U.S.
4.3 Dynamic Pricing of Retail Electricity
4.3.1 Necessary Technological and Regulatory Framework for Dynamic Pricing
4.3.2 Dynamic Pricing Versus Time-of-Use Pricing
4.3.3 Survey of Existing Dynamic Pricing Plans
References
5 Current State of Deployment
5.1 Extent of Deployment of Interval Meters
5.1.1 Deployment in the United States
5.1.2 Deployment in Europe
5.1.3 Deployment in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia
5.1.4 Deployment in Latin America
5.2 Extent of Deployment of Distributed Solar
5.2.1 Deployment in the United States
5.2.2 Deployment in Europe
5.2.3 Deployment in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia
5.2.4 Deployment in Latin America
5.3 Extent of Adoption of Dynamic Pricing
5.3.1 Adoption in the United States and Canada
5.3.2 Adoption in Europe
5.3.3 Adoption in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia
5.3.4 Adoption in Latin America
5.4 Extent of Adoption of Demand Response Programs
5.5 Rules for Third-Party Access to the Distribution Network
References
6 Technologies Providing Distribution Network Services
6.1 Interval Metering Systems
6.1.1 Technology Specifications
6.1.2 Customer Data Privacy
6.2 Network Monitoring Systems
6.3 Automated Load Shifting Technologies
6.4 Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems
6.5 Services Aiding Customer Participation in Wholesale Markets
References
7 Possible Futures of Electricity Retailing
7.1 Network Pricing Reform: An Urgent Need
7.1.1 Recovering Sunk Costs with Average-Cost Pricing
7.1.2 Recovering Sunk Costs with Marginal-Cost Pricing
Preface
Contents
About the Authors
1 Introduction: Two Paths to the Future of Electricity Retailing
1.1 The Reactive Approach
1.2 The Forward-Looking Approach
1.3 Structure of This Book
2 Drivers of Change in the Retail Electricity Sector
2.1 Mechanical Versus Interval Metering Technology
2.2 Declining Costs: Sensors, Storage, and Solar
2.3 Distributed Solar: A Competitor to Grid-scale Electricity
2.4 Low Cost Two-Way Communication Technologies
2.5 Electrifying the Transportation and Heating Sectors
2.5.1 Transportation Electrification
2.5.2 Heating Electrification
References
3 Regulatory Barriers to Change
3.1 Barriers to Interval Metering Deployment
3.2 Interval Data Access and Interactivity with Consumers
3.3 Inefficient Transmission and Distribution Network Pricing
3.3.1 Inefficient Bypass: An Example from California
3.3.2 Inefficient Investment in Distributed Versus Grid-scale Solar
3.4 Regulatory Reform of Distribution Network Planning and Access
3.5 Potential for Pricing Distribution Network Services
3.6 Lowering Barriers to Adoption of New Technologies
References
4 Current State of Retail Markets
4.1 Retail Electricity Markets in the United States
4.2 Retail Electricity Markets Outside of the U.S.
4.3 Dynamic Pricing of Retail Electricity
4.3.1 Necessary Technological and Regulatory Framework for Dynamic Pricing
4.3.2 Dynamic Pricing Versus Time-of-Use Pricing
4.3.3 Survey of Existing Dynamic Pricing Plans
References
5 Current State of Deployment
5.1 Extent of Deployment of Interval Meters
5.1.1 Deployment in the United States
5.1.2 Deployment in Europe
5.1.3 Deployment in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia
5.1.4 Deployment in Latin America
5.2 Extent of Deployment of Distributed Solar
5.2.1 Deployment in the United States
5.2.2 Deployment in Europe
5.2.3 Deployment in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia
5.2.4 Deployment in Latin America
5.3 Extent of Adoption of Dynamic Pricing
5.3.1 Adoption in the United States and Canada
5.3.2 Adoption in Europe
5.3.3 Adoption in Australia, New Zealand, and Asia
5.3.4 Adoption in Latin America
5.4 Extent of Adoption of Demand Response Programs
5.5 Rules for Third-Party Access to the Distribution Network
References
6 Technologies Providing Distribution Network Services
6.1 Interval Metering Systems
6.1.1 Technology Specifications
6.1.2 Customer Data Privacy
6.2 Network Monitoring Systems
6.3 Automated Load Shifting Technologies
6.4 Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems
6.5 Services Aiding Customer Participation in Wholesale Markets
References
7 Possible Futures of Electricity Retailing
7.1 Network Pricing Reform: An Urgent Need
7.1.1 Recovering Sunk Costs with Average-Cost Pricing
7.1.2 Recovering Sunk Costs with Marginal-Cost Pricing